Carolyn Reynolds vows to fight on in Lake Bennett dispute, despite selling the business last month
Top End businesswoman Carolyn Reynolds has vowed to continue to fight a decision to shutter her Lake Bennett Resort, despite its impending reopening under new management.
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TOP End businesswoman Carolyn Reynolds has vowed to continue to fight a decision to shutter her Lake Bennett Resort, despite its impending reopening under new management.
NT chief health officer Hugh Heggie disallowed the resort’s Eagle’s Nest Restaurant’s registration as a food business in 2018 due to concerns about the use of lake water in its kitchen.
Ms Reynolds appealed that ruling, taking it all the way to the Territory’s highest court and on Friday, Court of Appeal Justice Stephen Southwood granted her an extension to file documents in the case.
Justice Southwood agreed to stay the application indefinitely while Ms Reynolds prepared her submissions, saying “I’ll give you all the time you need”.
“But you need to be aware of this — in the long run, if you don’t file an outline of submissions or you don’t instruct lawyers to prepare an outline of submissions on your behalf, ultimately this appeal will be struck out for want of prosecution,” he said.
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“When you file those submissions is in your hands and you’ve got all the time in the world, subject to an application ultimately being made to strike out the appeal for want of prosecution.”
Speaking after the hearing, Ms Reynolds said she expected to be able to file the documents within the next six weeks after selling the business last month.
While the legal action will no longer affect the registration of the resort as a food business under its new owners, Ms Reynolds said she was continuing the appeal “for all Territorians going forward”.
“This is about making sure that every single other tourism, school, facility outside of the town water supply and the town sewerage actually are not closed down unnecessarily ever again,” she said.
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“At the end of the day, I have been wronged, I have been belittled, I have been besmirched by everybody and I have done nothing wrong.”
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